Collar-holder



H. EQHALSETH. I COLLAR HOLDER. APPLICATIONIFILEDJUNEM,1920.

1,384,832. Patented July 19, 1921.

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UNITED STATES HENRY E. I-IAIiSETI-I, OF VIRGINIA MINNESOTA.

COLLAR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 19, 1921.

Application filed June 24, 1920. Serial No. 391,352.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. HALsn'rH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Virginia, in the county of Saint Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar- Holders, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to a collar holder more particularly for engaging the adjacent edges of a soft or unstarched collar, to hold them in position about the necktie, and the object of the invention is to provide such a holder which is adapted to clamp upon the collar and retain the same without the necessity of forming button-holes or otherwise piercing the collar.

Another object of the invention is to generally improve upon devices of this character by providing a device which will be of extremely simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, one which is efficient and reliable in operation and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a collar and tie showing my device attached thereto,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my device showing the collar in section, and 1 Fig. 8 is a rear perspective view of the device.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the front bar which is formed of flattened non-resilient metal and is curved so as to be substantially arcuate shape. This front bar 10 is provided with the sleeve 11 intermediate its ends upon the inner side thereof for receiving the rear bar 12. This rear bar 12 is formed so as to provide a U-shape central portion 13 which is received in the sleeve 11. It will be noted that the rear bar 12 is formed of resilient wire and has the arms 14 extending in opposite directions from each other which are formed integral with the U-shape central portion 13.

The ends of these arms 14 normally abut against the ends of the front bar 10 as is clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing so that the ends of the collar 15 may be frictionally held therebetween. In order to prevent the tearing of the collar and also to allow the arms 14 to be easily pulled away from the bar 10 I have provided the curved extension 16 which the operator may easily grasp with his fingers.

It will be seen that the device as described will hold a soft collar'in the desired position without the necessity of perforating same and it will also be seen that the device may be easily attached to or detached from engagement with the collar by merely holding the bar 10 with one hand while the fingers grasping the curved extension 16 pull the arm 14 from engagement with the bar so as to allow the end of the collar to be placed therebetween. By then releasing the arm 14 the resiliency of this wire metal used will cause. the arm to force the collar into frictional engagement with the front bar 10.

The foregoing description is directed solely toward the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described com prising a front bar formed of non-resilient material, a sleeve situated intermediate its ends, a resilient wire passing through and supported by said sleeve and having its ends normally in engagement with the ends of said front bar for the purpose specified.

2. A device of the class described com prising a front bar formed of non-resilient material, a sleeve situated intermediate its ends, a rear bar comprising a U-shaped cen tral portion supported by the sleeve, resilient arms extending from said central portion in opposite directions from each other so that the ends thereof will abut the ends of said front bar.

3. A device of the class described comprising a front bar formed of non-resilient material; a sleeve situated intermediate its ends, a resilient Wire passing through and supported by said sleeve and curved so as to provide a U-shaped central portion, arms extending from said U-shaped central portion in opposite directions from each other so as to have their ends abut the ends of said front bar, and curved extensions formed on the ends of said arms.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY E. HALSETH; WVitnesses: V

W. E. MARTIN,

A. A. WENTZLAFE. 

